Charles Tyrrell's Paintings on Show at West Cork Arts Centre

PS Charles's family were the original inhabitants of our house in Polranny so we are always very interested in his work and career as an artist.

Pirate Guest Gea Performs at Festival in Arnhem

During her recent stay at our house in Polranny, Gea de Vries developed a new cabaret programme that is being premiered at Arnhem's Sonsbeek Theatre Avenue on Friday, 14 August, Saturday, 15 August and Sunday 16 August. http://www.sonsbeektheateravenue.nl/programmabekijken/totaal/uitgelicht/95/programma.html

Marjorie's Memoirs

Pirate friend and local resident Marjorie Wallace-Le
has just published her memoirs and has very kindly
presented us with the first copy! According to the blurb
on the back cover, she is a "renegade Scot who fell
in love with Ireland, when not pursuing a career as
an anaesthetist in South East Asia, and is now content
to gaze out on the bog, if you can see it." Many
congratulations, Marjorie!

Artwork

In Ireland, even the wall of a barn can take the form of an artwork.

Photo: © Profoundly Superficial

Corraun Diary (9); Preparing the Photo Show

Back in May 2003 Jane, our friend and neighbour from the Currane Peninsula, wrote: 'There's a festival being planned in Currane and my part in it is to help arrange the photographic exhibition. I'm gathering together as many photographs of life here across the years as I can. This picture, taken in the early 1970's, is by no means one of the oldest images. It's important to me though because it shows me (on the right), together with my little brother, our grandparents, Cap the dog and shows us during haymaking. I have very happy memories of those holidays here. Images can be found on: http://www.currane.net/aboutframe.html'
Photo: EJJ. Psaila (Jane's dad)

Bestseller

No sooner had we arrived in Ireland, than we noticed the posters for Pirate friend Noel Scanlon's bestselling 'The Gulf', a thriller set in the Middle East.

Here is the author himself, ably supported by his adorable assistant Lady.
Photos: Annie

W.B. Yeats

The Sligo-born poet WB Yeats now has his own café in Sligo Town.
Photo: Annie